Why do disaccharides and polysaccharides give positive Molisch Test?

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le experz
Nov 30, 2015

Because they get hydrolyzed by the acid to form monosaccharide. The monosaccharides subsequently gets converted to furfural which will then react with napthol to give a purple coloured product

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